Chapattis also known as roti or phulka are delicious made from whole wheat flour. This is the most popular everyday bread in North India. Chapatis are made from small dough of whole wheat flour that are rolled out thin and then partially cooked on a hot cast iron griddle and then cooked directly over high heat. The heat makes the chapatis puff up, and then they are lightly coated with ghee.Chapatis are simple to make and the preferred shape for chapatis is round but it can be difficult when you are trying to roll them first time, but do not get discourage it gets easier. Chapatis are served with variety of cooked vegetables and lentils.There are lot of variations could be made to roti by adding different flour, spices and ingredients

How to make extra chapatis and parathas and store them

Every one love roti (chapatis), parathas but they seem to time consuming and require time and efforts. You can purchase them premade, but homemade roti taste much better. Once you start making them it gets easier. On weekend you can make roti’s for the week and enjoy eating them for rest of the week. Here are some suggestions how to store them.

First method:

1. Make the chapaties, or other varieties of rotis and cook lightly over the flame, take them off the griddle. Do not apply the ghee or butter.

2. Place a paper towel in the bottom of the container and stack the roties one over another. Once you are done wrap them in the aluminum foil.

3. Place the container in the refrigerator.

4. When ready to eat take roties out as much as you need.

5. Heat the tava (griddle) and place the chapati over and warm it up, if you wish you could apply butter or ghee.

Second method:

1. Make the chapaties and parathas and cook them from both side on hot tava (griddle) do not cook them over the flame or puff them up on griddle just cook a little from both side.

2. Place a paper towel in the bottom of the container and stack the roties one over another. once your are done wrap them in the aluminum foil.

3. Place the container in the refrigrator.

4. When ready to eat take roti or paratha out as much as you need.

5. Heat the tava (griddle) and place the premade roti over griddle, and heat the roti from both the sides.

6. With the help of tongs lift the roti and place over the gas stove flames, roti will puff up, cook it from both side. Take the roti off the flames and If you wish apply butter ghee.

7. If you want to eat parathas then place the half cook paratha on the tava (hot griddle) and cook like parathas.

Please take the time to let me know what you think about my chapati and roti recipes. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipes.

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Please take the time to let me know what you think about my chapati and roti recipes. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipes.
Thank you ..
Geeta Seth